J.Cole Recalls the Day He Decided He Wanted to Be a Rapper

J.Cole is definitely one of the leaders of the new school in hip hop right now...him Drake, Kendrick Lamar, Big Sean... In a recent interview with HardKnock TV, Cole spoke on the day he decided he wanted to give his all to the art, and become a rapper.





. "When I decided I wanted to rap, I remember it was a big day. It was a Saturday. I took the whole day and meticulously ripped down all my basketball posters, and cut out all the pictures of the Rap magazines that I had: Source, Blaze, XXL, cut out the covers, pictures, and hung 'em up. And what I had on top of that, right next to my bed, literally, if I wake up and turn to the right, the wall that was right next to my bed was the lyrics. I had pages and pages and pages of lyrics. And to make my wall, you had to be amazin'. You had to be Nas, Eminem, Canibus. You had to be... Royce [Da 5'9] would get a verse, Pac. I used to sit, wake up, and even if I'm just in my room, chillin', read the verses. I already knew 'em word for word, but reading the words was special. Like readin' 'em out. I don't know why I did it, but I felt compelled."





Interesting...really interesting. That he actually had those rappers lyrics posted on his wall means he wanted to be separated by some of the best lyricist in the spirit, till some of their skills started rubbing off on him.